"Haha... If I surrender, what will be the benefit?"
Zhao Ji listened to Brother Richard's rhetorical question. He could tell that his tone was unkind, and when he looked at him with a sinister look, he didn't look like he was sincerely surrendering.
However, he still smiled slightly and said:
"Brother Richard, if you sincerely surrender to the Song Dynasty, I will spare your life! If you can bear the crime and perform meritorious service, I will protect your life of glory and wealth. If you don't surrender, I will make your life worse than death!"
Brother Richard frowned and remained silent for a moment, as if he was having a fierce psychological struggle.
In fact, Zhao Ji didn't take Brother Richard too seriously. Even if he surrendered, he probably wouldn't have accomplished any extraordinary feats.
What Zhao Ji values now is that as the commander of the Xixia Iron Kites Army, and with his dual status as the current Xia Emperor's younger brother, the King of Jin, if Brother Richard surrenders, he should be able to have a heavy psychological impact on the Xixia monarchs, ministers, and soldiers.
blow.
Even if Brother Richard did not surrender, Zhao Ji had already thought of a countermeasure during the expedition.
To Zhao Ji, whether Brother Richard surrenders or not is really not that important.
Zhao Ji thought about this, looked at Brother Richard who was still thinking, and asked disdainfully:
"Brother Richard, have you thought about it? I have so many things to do every day, how can I wait for you for too long? Give me a quick answer - will you surrender or not?"
Brother Richard, who was pinned to the ground by the Imperial City Secretary, listened to Zhao Guanjia's words, and there was a hint of cunning in his eyes.
He shouted loudly in Chinese that he was not very fluent in:
"I haven't seen the sincerity of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to surrender?!"
Zhao Ji smiled and asked, "Why do you say this?"
Brother Richard had a conspiracy brewing in his heart and replied with an angry expression:
"Since the Song and Xia countries negotiated their respective separations, it has been three years since the two countries have been peaceful and without war. However, now you, the Song Dynasty, have caused a war. Your army has penetrated deeply into our Xia Kingdom, besieged our Xia Kingdom's Xijing City, and massacred our Xia Kingdom.
Army, this is an unjust division..."
"Shut up!" Zongze scolded Brother Richard:
"It was you, Xixia, who first betrayed the alliance and robbed the Song and Shang Dynasty's property, which led to this war!"
"Hehehe..." Brother Richard sneered. He didn't believe the words of Zongze, who was sitting not far from the Emperor of the Song Dynasty in the tent.
However, he did not want to waste time arguing with this unknown old man. He also had three poisonous plans, and wanted to try them earlier.
Brother Richard raised his head, looked at Zhao Ji with an evil look, and asked:
"Guan Zhao, you want me to commit a crime and perform meritorious service? I have become a prisoner, how can I perform meritorious service?"
Zhao Ji said: "You must write a letter in your own hand to persuade your imperial brother Li Qianshun to submit to my Song Dynasty! The Xia Kingdom is a vassal state of the Song Dynasty.
You still have to go outside Xipingfu City, which is besieged by our army, and shout to the Xia Army who are holding on inside the city to persuade them to surrender!"
When Brother Richard heard what Guan Zhao said, his brows almost turned into twists.
He secretly thought in his heart: 'The Dog Emperor of the Song Dynasty, you are so good at scheming!'
'Even if I want to pretend to surrender, if I do what this treacherous and cunning dog emperor asks me to do, my personally written letter urging the emperor to surrender will definitely make the emperor's mentality explode, and it will also make everyone who hears about it
Xia Chaotang was shocked. This... this, I would rather die than write a letter of surrender to my brother.'
'And the second thing this dog emperor asked me to do was to ask me, the commander who came to rescue the siege of Xiping Fucheng in Xijing, to persuade the defenders in the city to surrender? Although I may not really be able to persuade the defenders in Xijing to surrender,
If I appear in Xijing City to persuade you to surrender, I will definitely cause the mentality of our soldiers in Daxia to collapse, make our soldiers in Daxia feel very confused, and their morale will drop sharply...'
Although Brother Richard had this in mind, he also greeted the ancestors of the Dog Emperor of the Song Dynasty in his heart. However, in order to implement the first poisonous plan, he calmed down his emotions.
Brother Richard's frown gradually relaxed, and he made an expression of greed for life and fear of death, and said in a trembling voice:
"I...even if I wanted to surrender, you didn't give me enough courtesy from the Zhao Guan family!"
Zhao Ji looked at Brother Richard's pretentious expression and simply acted with him for a while to see what tricks he could do.
"Haha, how can I give you, a prisoner, enough courtesy?"
Brother Richard hurriedly replied: "I heard rumors that since ancient times, the emperors of the Han family have been courteous to virtuous men. Even if they capture the enemy's commander, in order to persuade him to surrender, the emperor of the Han family will lower his status and step forward to personally defend the captured enemy.
The army commander loosened his bonds in order to recruit good generals."
Hahaha..." Zhao Ji was amused by this and asked, "Brother Cha, do you want me to untie you with my own hands?"
"Exactly!" Brother Richard nodded like a chicken pecking at rice...
He very much hoped that the Dog Emperor of the Song Dynasty would fall into the trap.
Brother Richard analyzed in his mind that if the dog emperor came up to untie me, he would be able to choke him at such a close distance with my skill. As long as I captured the dog emperor of the Song Dynasty and used him as a hostage,
Then I can use this as a threat to escape from Song Camp and return to Xia Camp.
I can also use the captured Song Emperor's order to coerce the Song Dynasty into retreating. This is an unparalleled feat!
Of course, Brother Richard also thought that if this plan failed, the worst he could do would be to die, so why should he be afraid?!
Brother Richard saw the Great Song Dog Emperor standing up from the master's chair...
His heart was beating wildly, hoping that the dog emperor would come to him quickly...
However, Zhao Ji stood up, stretched, yawned, sat back on the Taishi chair, and said lazily:
"Haha...Brother Richard, you are a defeated general, how can you deserve me to untie you with my own hands? You overestimate yourself!"
When Brother Richard heard this, his enthusiastic and excited heart froze.
‘How can you, a defeated general, be worthy of me personally untying you? You overestimate yourself!’ Zhao Guanjia’s words deeply hurt Brother Richard.
As a time traveler, Zhao Ji came here for his own safety and did not step forward to personally untie Brother Richard;
Secondly, he knew that Brother Richard in history was extremely corrupt in his later years. He became increasingly arrogant, domineering, and accepted bribes. He built a mansion in the capital of Xixia and was greedy, making the Tibetan and Han people miserable. He also
"Introducing the wolf into the house" recommended Ren Dejing, a traitor of the Song Dynasty, to the court, which laid hidden dangers for the subsequent turmoil of the Xixia Dynasty...
Brother Richard like this will be a scum in the future. Whichever country he is in, he may be in bad luck. Zhao Ji will not step forward to untie him with his own hands in order to recruit him!
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"Haha..." Brother Richard sneered. Seeing that the first poisonous plan failed, he immediately wanted to try the next poisonous plan. He pretended to be angry and said:
"The Zhao Guan family shows no courtesy to me. Naturally, I will not surrender."
"Furthermore, Zhao Guanjia, you asked me to do the two things you asked me to do, which is to trap me into disloyalty and injustice! I will never be able to do it!"
"Ha!" Zhao Ji said with a wave of his hand with a nonchalant look on his face:
"Brother Richard, since you can't do it, it proves that you don't have Guilong's sincerity. It's useless to say more. Come, take him out of the tent and put him in death row!"
"According to the order!" Four imperial city ministers and officials were about to drag Brother Richard out of the tent.
Brother Richard saw that he was about to have a miscarriage before his second poisonous plan was implemented. He immediately used all his strength, sat shamelessly on the ground, and shouted loudly:
"Zhao Guanjia, wait a minute, wait a minute!"
I have something top-secret to tell you! Let me finish what I have to say, and it won’t be too late before you take me out of the tent and put me in death row!”
Zhao Ji said: "Stop. Brother Richard, tell me quickly."
After the four subordinate officials heard the order from Zhao Guan's family, they no longer dragged Brother Richard away, but returned to their original vigilant posture of guarding Brother Richard.
Brother Richard took two deep breaths and endured the pain from the previous whiplash on his body. He said loudly:
"Zhao Guanjia, you are going deep into our Xia territory alone. The battle line is too long, and the logistics supplies will definitely be insufficient."
"Also, the current Emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom is wise and heroic. All the Tibetan and Han nationalities in our Great Xia Kingdom are united in one heart and one mind. The main force of the Xia Army has already gathered at the defense line of the capital."
"Although your Song army has temporarily won several battles, you still insist on not stopping the war. You will definitely repeat the same mistakes as Liu Fa led his troops to penetrate deeply into the Xia Kingdom three years ago and were defeated and died."
"Hmph!" Zhao Ji snorted coldly and said: "The strongest Iron Harrier Army in Xixia was destroyed by my Great Song Army. You, the commander of the Iron Harrier Army, Brother Richard, also became a prisoner. You
You still dare to make such nonsense here? How unreasonable?!"
In order to implement his serial poisonous plan, Brother Richard immediately softened his tone and said:
"Zhao Guanjia, I am reminding you. Our two countries, Xia and Song, have been at war and at peace for seventy or eighty years, right?!"
Everyone present agreed with Brother Richard's words in their hearts.
It is true that it has been nearly a hundred years since the war between Song and Xia. Only then did several large families emerge in the northwest of the Song Dynasty that have been generals for generations, such as the Zhong family, the Yao family, the Liu family, the Zhe family...
Brother Richard continued: "Whether this war was caused by our Daxia Kingdom's Jianghui generals robbing Song merchants, as Zhao Guanjia said, or it was caused by other reasons. In short, in the end, it should be like before
Same, our two countries need to negotiate peace."
"Therefore, although I will never surrender, I also want to contribute to promoting the peace negotiation between Song and Xia! As long as you let me go, Zhao Guanjia, I will guarantee it as the Jin King of Daxia. I will return to the capital to meet with the emperor brother.
We need to promote the peace negotiation between Song and Xia. Even from now on, our Daxia Kingdom will no longer require the Song Dynasty coins, and we can also open up more borders and markets..."
"Hahaha..." Zhao Ji laughed. This was the funniest joke he had heard recently.
"Brother Richard, are you kidding me? My Song Dynasty soldiers worked so hard to capture you alive. How could you let you go with your sharp tongue?
As a peace envoy, will I listen to your words and let you go? Hahaha..."
"My Song Dynasty is full of talents, and there are many envoys who dare to send envoys to Xixia!"
Brother Richard saw that the Dog Emperor of the Song Dynasty was not that easy to deceive, and his second plan still failed. He was angry in his heart, but did not show his face.
After all, the escape plans he came up with in a short period of time have a low probability of success.
But even if this second strategy fails, it can still pave the way for the next poisonous strategy.
Brother Richard turned around and looked around. He saw that Han Shizhong and Yue Fei were already seated in the tent not far from him.
He turned his neck back, raised his head, looked at the aloof Emperor of the Song Dynasty, and said loudly:
"What I said just now, Brother Richard, is sincere! A truce between Song and Xia is the most correct choice!"
"To show that I sincerely want to promote the peace negotiation between Song and Xia, I want to report a major matter to Zhao Guan's family alone. It is a confidential matter, so I ask the officials to step aside."
Zhao Ji looked at Brother Richard with the same eyes as he looked at me, and said:
"My left and right are all my loyal ministers and good generals. They are all loyal to me. Brother Cha, motherfucker, if you have something to say, say it quickly. If you don't say it, get out!"
All the civil servants and generals in the tent heard the foul language used by Zhao Guan's family, but it was to curse Brother Richard, the prisoner;
As for these civil servants and generals, the Zhao Guan family spoke highly of them, which made them feel warm in their hearts.
Brother Richard had no choice but to say to Zhao Guan's family:
"Guan Zhao, do you know who captured me alive?"
Zhao Ji expected that Brother Richard might not be holding anything back. He just stared at the other party coldly and did not answer the other party's words at all.
When Brother Richard saw that the Dog Emperor of the Song Dynasty was still vigilant, he felt a little secretly happy. After all, being able to remain vigilant proved that the Dog Emperor must be suspicious.
If he is suspicious, then my king's plan of alienation will be successful.
Brother Richard said: "After I was defeated, I was ambushed by your Song army on the way back...
"At that time, I was desperate and was surrounded by a large army led by Song Army general Yue Fei."
"Zhao Guanjia, do you know why I didn't die by Yue Fei's gun?!"
Zhao Ji listened and watched. He had already guessed that Brother Richard was trying to cause trouble, right?!